News / Port of Montreal strikers reject 'final' pay offer and are 'locked out'

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Canada’s Maritime Employers Association (MEA) has imposed a lockout of striking employees at the port of Montreal, after its “final” offer to the dockworkers was rejected.

Longshoremen’s Union CUPE Local 375 yesterday rejected the deal, maintaining its strike at the Termont terminals, in search of higher pay, while some workers at other facilities are also refusing to work overtime to help clear cargo build-up.

The MEA said it deplored “the negative outcome of the vote” held ...